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WHOLE NO. 87 


Catalogue Series APRIL 1917 Volume 30, No. 2 


NEW MEXICO 

NTE RSCH O L ASTI C MEET ; 
MAY 3. 4, 5, 1917 


ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 


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PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO 
ENTERED MAY 1, 19041, AT ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. AS SECOND CLASS MATTER 
UNDER ACT OF CONGRESS OF JULY 18, 1094 


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WINNERS. 

TRACK MEET. 

1913— Albuquerque High School 

1914— Roswell High School 

1915— Roswell High School 

1916— Albuquerque High School 

BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. 

1916—Albuquerque High School 




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Catalogue Series 

APRIL 1917 

Volume 30, No. 2 


NEW MEXICO 
INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET 
MAY 3, 4, 5, 1917 


ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 



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PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO 
ENTERED MAY 1, IS 06, AT ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, AS SECOND CLASS MATTER 
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Contents. 

Page 

Introduction . 5 

Program . 7 

General Information. 8 

Eligibility . 8 

Entries. 8 

Officials. 8 

Meals and lodging for contestants. 9 

Award of prizes. 9 

Special Railway Rates. 9 

Medals and Prizes. 11 

The Interscholastic Track and Field Meet. 13 

General Rules. 13 

The Order of Events . 13 

Special Rules. 15 

Officials . 15 

Field rules . 16 

Starting . 19 

Fouling . 20 

Finish. 21 

Hurdles . 21 

Jumping . 21 

. High Jump and Pole Vault. 22 

Broad Jump . 23 

Putting the Shot . 23 

Hop, Step and Jump. 25 

Relay Race. 25 

New Mexico Interscholastic Records. 26 





























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The Interscholastic Basketball Tournament. 27 

General Rules. 27 


The Interscholastic Oratorical and Declamatory 


Contest . 27 

General Rules . 27 

State Divided into Districts. 39 

District Contests. 40 

Officers of New Mexico High School Athletic and 

Lyceum Association. 29 

Constitution of New Mexico High School Athletic 

and Lyceum Association. 29 

Local Managing Committees.Inside back cover 

Entry Blank. # .41-42 












The New Mexico Interscholastic 
Meet. 

In 1913 the authorities of the University, feeling 
that one of the great needs of the High Schools of the 
State was an opportunity to meet, at least once a year, 
in athletic and other contests, organized the University 
of New Mexico Track Athletic Association. A track 
meet was held in the spring of that year, at Albu¬ 
querque, and two high schools, Santa Fe and Albu¬ 
querque, contested for the banner. Although the be¬ 
ginning was small, a great deal of interest was aroused, 
and seven high schools took part in the next meet, 
when the Spalding Trophy was offered for the first 
time. Since that time the number of contesting schools 
has grown steadily. At the time of the meeting of the 
Educational Association in Albuquerque in November, 
1915, the New Mexico High School Athletic Association 
was formed, and the 1916 meet was held under the 
joint auspices of this Association and the University. 
A new feature, the Basketball Tournament, was added, 
and in other ways the meet was the most successful of 
the series. The yearly meeting has done a great deal 
toward the unification of athletic standards in the 
state, and in bringing the high schools into closer and 
more cordial relationships. 

At the annual business meeting of the N. M. High 
School Athletic Association, held at Santa Fe, Novem¬ 
ber 29, 1916, an agreement was made whereby the 
Athletic and Oratorical Associations of the High 


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Schools were united under one set of officers, the 
name of the organization changed to “The New Mex¬ 
ico High School Athletic and Lyceum Association. ’’ 
Accordingly, the scope of the coming meet is to be en¬ 
larged to include oratorical and declamatory contests. 
This is bound to lead to a greater growth and a greater 
service, as both sides of student activity are now to be 
represented. The officers of the Association and the 
members of the University hope that every section of 
the state will be represented in all departments of the 
meet. 



Program. 

Thursday, May 3, 1917. 

2 :00 P. M.—Preliminary Games—Basketball Tour¬ 
nament. 

8 :00 P. M.—Semi-Final Games—Basketball Tourna¬ 
ment. 

Friday, May 4, 1917. 

2:00 P. M.—Preliminary Events—Track and Field 
Meet. 

8 :00 P. M.—Final Championship Games — Basket¬ 
ball Tournament. 

Saturday, May 5, 1917. 

*10:00 A. M.—Declamatory Contest. 

2:00 P. M.—Final Events—Track and Field Meet. 

6:30 P. M.—Dinner and Presentation of Prizes. 

*8:00 P. M.—Oratorical Contest. 


*If considered advisable on account of the number 
of contestants, both contests may be held at either 
10:00 A. M. or 8 :00 P. M. 



General Information. 

Eligibility. 

All matters of eligibility of teams or of individuals 
will be decided by the Board of Control of the New 
Mexico High School Athletic and Lyceum Association, 
according to the rules of that body, as given in the 
constitution. This applies to all contests. 

Entries. 

All entries must be made on the official entry blanks 
as sent out by the meet committee, properly filled out 
and signed by the Principal or Superintendent. These 
entry blanks must be returned to the committee on or 
before Tuesday, April 24. In the case of the Oratorical 
and Declamatory Contest the entries must also be ac¬ 
companied by a statement from the Secretary of the 
section to the effect that the entrant was either first 
or second in the sectional contest. In case there has 
been no sectional contest, in any section, not more than 
one contestant for the prize in oratory and one con¬ 
testant for the prize in declamation may be entered 
from that section. 

Officials. 

The officials of the Track Meet and Basketball 
Tournament will be chosen by the local committees. 
Any High School wishing to protest against any offi¬ 
cial may do so by filing written objection before the 
contest. No school may thus protest more than two 
officials. 


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Contestants to be Guests of the University. 

All contestants will be guests of the University 
during the meet. Sleeping quarters will be provided 
in the University dormitories and elsewhere, and meals 
will be served in the University Dining Hall. Each 
contestant will receive a meal ticket entitling him to 
meals at the University Dining Hall Thursday noon to 
Sunday morning, inclusive. Meals taken before or 
after the above dates will be charged for at the regular 
rates. 

Award of Prizes. 

The cups, banners, and medals for the athletic 
events will be awarded at a dinner Saturday evening. 
The prizes for the Oratorical and Declamatory contests 
will be awarded after the contests. 

Railway Rates. 

The railways have granted a special rate of one 
and one-third round trip fares for this event, providing 
fifty tickets are sold. There should be many more than 
this. In buying your tickets to Albuquerque pay the 
regular one-way fare and obtain from the agent a ‘‘re¬ 
ceipt-certificate.” This receipt-certificate must then 
be signed by Mr. A. 0. Weese, of the University. You 
will then be allowed to purchase a ticket from Albu¬ 
querque to your home town for one-third regular fare. 
This rate is not limited to those taking part in the 
meet, but any others coming to Albuquerque at that . 
time may avail themselves of this reduced rate, if the 
receipts are presented to Mr. Weese for validation. 
Tickets will be on sale May 1-5 inclusive^ and are good 
for return until May 7. 


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Street Car Service. 

Contestants arriving in Albuquerque should go di¬ 
rectly to the University, where accommodations will 
be provided. Take the street car marked “University.”- 
There is a regular twelve-minute service on this line 
from 7:30 A. M. to 10:30 P. M. 




Medals and Prizes. 

Offered to Contestants in the Annual 
Interscholastic Meet. 

I.—The Track Meet. 

The Spalding Trophy—This cup will become the 
permanent property of the High School which shall 
first win the meet three times. The cup is at present 
in the possession of Albuquerque High School, winners 
of the 1916 meet. This cup has been won twice by 
Roswell High School and once by Albuquerque High 
School. 

Individual Medals for Each Event—Gold for first 
place, silver for second place, and bronze for third 
place, to become the property of the contestants earn¬ 
ing them. 

The Relay Cup—This cup will become the per- , 
manent property of the school winning the relay race. 

The Championship Banner—This banner is award¬ 
ed to the school winning the Track Meet. 

II.—The Basketball Tournament. 

The Championship Cup—This cup will become the 
permanent property of the school winning the Basket¬ 
ball Tournament. 

III.—The Oratorical and Declamatory Contests. 

Individual Medals—Gold for first place, silver for 
second place, and’ bronze for third place, for each con- 


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test. These medals are to be the property of the con¬ 
testants winning them. 

Note.—All members of the New Mexico High School 
Athletic and Lyceum Association are eligible to enter 
teams or individuals in any of the contests of the meet, 
but cups and banners will be awarded only to those 
schools whose support is derived principally from local 
taxation. 



The Track and Field Meet. 

Rule I. 

1. The Banner shall be awarded to that High 
School each year which shall be declared winner of 
the annual meet. 

2. The cup shall be awarded to that High School 
which shall first win the annual field meet three times, 
excluding ties. Each High School which wins the cup 
one year will have its name engraved on the cup and 
will retain it for that year. 

Rule H. 

1. That High School shall be champion which shall 
score a plurality of points. 

2. Points shall be counted as follows: 

A first place shall count five points. 

A second place shall count three points. 

A third place shall count two points. 

In case of a tie the points shall be divided. 

Rule III. 

All disputes in regard to the possession of the cup 
shall be referred to the Board of Control. 

Rule IV. 

The number and order of events shall be as follows: 

1. 100-yards run. 

2. Putting 12-pound shot. 

3. Half-mile run. 

4. Pole vault. 


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5. 120-yards hurdle. 

6. Running high jump. 

7. 440-yards run. 

8. Running broad jump. 

9. 220-yards hurdle. 

10. Running hop, step, and jump. 

11. 220-yards run. 

12. 1-mile run. 

13. One-mile relay race, between teams of four men, 

each man to run % mile. 

Rule V. 

Any High School which is a member of the Associa¬ 
tion may enter a team in this meet. No preliminary 
sectional contests are required. 

Rule VI. 

No High School shall enter a team of more than 
fourteen (14) men. Nor shall more than three (3) 
men be entered for any one event from any High 
School. 

Rule VII. 

Any competitor may enter as many events as he 
may desire. 

Rule VIH. 

All entries must be made on the official entry blanks 
as sent out by the meet committee, properly filled out 
and signed by the principal or superintendent. These 
entry blanks must be returned to the committee on or 
before Tuesday, April 24. 


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Rules for Track and Field Events. 

I. —Officers. 

The officers of the Interscholastic Meet shall be : 

One Referee. 

Four Inspectors to assist Referee. 

One Scorer. 

Five Assistant Scorers. 

One Clerk of the Course. 

Five Assistant Clerks of the Course. 

One Reporter. 

One Announcer, with Assistant, if necessary. 

1. For Track Events: 

Four Judges at the Finish. 

Three Time-Keepers. 

One Starter. 

2. For Field Events: 

Six Field Judges or Measurers. 

II. —Referee.' 

The Referee shall, when appealed to, decide all 
questions whose settlement is not otherwise provided 
for in these rules. His decision shall be final and with¬ 
out appeal. 

In case a race has been drawn into heats, and no 
more contestants appear than enough to make one 
heat, the Referee shall be empowered to see that the 
race is run in one heat; but in all races requiring more 
than one heat he shall see that no second man shall be 
debarred from a chance to qualify in the finals. 

III.—Inspectors. 

The Inspectors shall perform such duties as may 
be assigned to them by the Referee, and shall report 


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to him any violation of the rules which they observe 
or are informed of. 

IV.—Judges at the Finish. 

Two Judges shall stand at one end of the tape, and 
two at the other. One shall take the winner, another 
the second man, another the third man, and the other 
the fourth. In case of disagreement the majority shall 
decide. Their decision as to the order in which the 
men finished shall be final and without appeal. 

V.—Field Judges or Measurers. 

The Field Judges shall measure, judge and record 
each trial of each competitor in all games, whose record 
is of distance or height. Their decision as to the per¬ 
formance of each man shall be final and without ap¬ 
peal. There shall be six measurers: two for the ham¬ 
mer throwing and shot putting events, two for the 
high jump and the pole vault, and two for the broad 
jump and hop, step-and jump. These measurers shall 
be responsible for commenceing their respective events 
at such time as may be decided upon by the Executive 
Committee on each afternoon of the meet, and for 
their continuance without unnecessary delays. They 
shall excuse a contestant from a field event in which 
he is taking part, for a period long enough to contest 
in a heat in a track event, and allow said contestant to 
take his missed turn or turns in said field event within 
a reasonable time after the track heat. They shall see 
that reasonable opportunities are given to contestants 
who desire to try in two field events that are being 
contested at the same time. To the end that there may 
be no unnecessary delay, each competitor shall take 
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Judge having charge of the contest; and if, in the opin¬ 
ion of such Field Judge, the competitor unreasonably 
delays to do so, such Judge may, in his discretion, de¬ 
clare such trial forfeit and have the same tallied against 
the competitor as one miss or failure. 

VI.—Time-Keepers. 

Each of the three Time-Keepers shall time every 
eVent; and in case two watches agree, and the third 
disagrees, the time marked by the two shall be official 
time; and if all watches disagree, the time marked by 
the watch giving the middle time shall be the official 
time; if there be but two time-keepers, and their 
watches do not agree, the time marked by the slowest 
watch shall be the official time. Time shall be taken 
from the flash of the pistol. 

VII.—Clerk of the Course. 

The Clerk of the Course shall record the name of 
each competitor who shall report to him, and shall give 
him his number for each event in which he is entered, 
and notify him before the start of every event in which 
he is engaged. He shall be responsible for getting out 
at the proper time the contestants for each event. 

The assistants shall do such work as he may assign 
to them. 


VIII.—Scorer. 

The Scorer shall keep a record of the starters and 
point winners in each event, together with their re¬ 
spective places. He shall record the laps made by 
each competitor, and call them aloud, when tallied, for 
the benefit of the contestants. 



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The assistants shall do such portions of his work 
as he nmy assign to them. 

IX.—Starter. 

The Starter shall have entire control of the com¬ 
petitors at marks, and shall be the sole judge of fact 
as to whether or not any man has gone over his mark. 
He shall be responsible for starting the track events 
promptly on the afternoon of the meet at such time 
as the Executive Committee shall direct. He shall also 
be responsible for any unnecessary delay in the con¬ 
tinuance of said events. 

X.—Competitors. 

Immediately on arriving at the grounds, each com¬ 
petitor shall report to the Clerk of the Course and ob¬ 
tain his number for the game in which he is entered. 
He shall inform himself of the times at which he must 
compete, and shall report promptly at the start, with¬ 
out waiting to be notified. No competitor shall be 
allowed to start without his proper number. 

XI.—Protests. 

Verbal protests may be made at or before any ath¬ 
letic meeting against a competitor or team, by any 
competitor or High School competing; but such pro¬ 
test must be subsequently, and before action thereon, 
made in writing, and duly presented to the Association. 

XII.—Inner Grounds. 

No person whatever shall be allowed inside the 
track, except the officials and properly accredited rep¬ 
resentatives of the press. Authorized persons shall 
wear a badge. Competitors not engaged in the game 




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actually taking place shall not be allowed inside or 
upon tl\e track. 

XIII.—Track. 

The measurements of tracks shall be 12 inches from 
the inner edge, which edge shall be a solid curb raised 
three inches above the level of the track. 

XIV.—Attendants. 

No attendant shall accompany a competitor on the 
scratch or in the race. 

XV.—Starting Signals. 

All races (except time handicaps) shall be started 
by the report of pistol, the pistol to be fired so that 
its flash may be visible to the Time-Keepers. A snap 
cap shall be no start. Time handicaps shall be started 
by the word “Go.” 

XVI.—Starting. 

When the Starter receives a signal from the Judge 
at the finish that everything is in readiness, he shall 
direct the competitors to get on their marks. The com¬ 
petitor shall be held to have started when any portion 
of his body touches the ground in front of his mark. 
Stations count from the inside. 

If in the opinion of the Starter, a false start has 
been made, he may recall the competitors by a second 
pistol shot, and penalize the offender or the offenders. 

For all races up to and including 125 yards, the 
competitor shall be put back one yard for the first and 
another for the second attempt; in races over 125 yards 
and including 300 yards, two yards for the first and 
two yards for the second; in races over 300 yards and 


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including 600 yards, three yards for the first and three 
yards for the second; in races over 600 yards, and in¬ 
cluding 1,000 yards, four yards for the first and four 
yards for the second; in races over 1,000 yards and in¬ 
cluding one mile, five yards for the first and five yards 
for the second. 

In all cases the third false start shall disqualify the 
competitor from the event. In relay races the penalty 
shall be according to the distance the offender is to 
run in the race. 

The Starter must have at least two good cartridges 
in his pistol before starting a heat. 

XVII.—Keeping Proper Course. 

In all races on a straight track each competitor shall 
keep his own position on the course from start to finish. 
In the 100- and 220-yards dashes, courses for contest¬ 
ants shall be marked on the ground. 

XVIII.—Change of Course. 

In all races other than on a straight track, a com¬ 
petitor may change toward the inside only when he 
is two strides ahead of the man whose path he crosses. 

XIX.—Fouling. 

Any competitor may be disqualified by the Referee 
for jostling, running across, or in any other way im¬ 
peding another, and all the competitors representing 
a High School in any one event may be disqualified by 
the Referee by the act of any one of such competitors 
in jostling, running across or in any way impeding 
another. 



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XX.—Finish. 

The finish line shall be a line on the ground drawn 
across the track from finish post to finish post, and the 
men shall be placed in the order in which they com¬ 
pletely cross the line. For the purpose of aiding the 
judges, but not as the finish line, a thread shall be 
stretched across the track at the finish, four feet above 
the ground; it shall not be held by the Judges, but 
fastened to the finish posts on either side so that it 
may always be at right angles to the course and par¬ 
allel to the ground; this thread should be “breasted” 
by the competitor or competitors in finishing and not 
seized with the hands. 

XXI.—Hurdles. 

' 120-yards hurdle race shall be over ten hurdles, each 
three feet six inches high. The first hurdle shall be 
placed 15 yards from the scratch, and there shall be ten 
yards between each hurdle. 220-yards hurdle race shall 
be over ten hurdles, each two feet six inches high. The 
first hurdle shall be placed 20 yards from the scratc 1 
and there shall be 20 yards between each hurdle. No 
record shall be made in a hurdle race unless each of the 
hurdles, at the time the competitor jumps the same, i: 
standing, and is not knocked down by such competitor. 

A competitor knocking down three or more hurdles, 
or any portion of three or more hurdles in a race shall 
be disqualified. A competitor who trails his leg or 
foot alongside any hurdle shall be disqualified. 

XXII.—Jumping. 

No weights or artificial aid will be allowed in any 
jumping contest except by special agreement or an- 


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nouncement. When weights are allowed, there shall 
be no restrictions as to size, shape or material. 

XXIII.—Running High Jump and Pole-Vault. 

The height of the bar at starting and at each suc¬ 
cessive elevation shall be determined by the measurers. 
Three tries allowed at each height. Each competitor 
shall make one attempt in the order of his name on 
the programme; then those who have failed (if any) 
shall have a second trial in regular order, and those 
failing on this trial shall take their final trial. A com¬ 
petitor may omit his trials at any height, but if he fail 
at the next height he shall not be allowed to go back 
and try the height he omitted. Each competitor shall 
be credited with the best of all his jumps or vaults. 

High Jump.—A line shall be drawn three feet in 
front of the bar and parallel therewith, and stepping 
over such a line, to be known as the balk line, in any 
attempt, shall count as a balk. Three balks shall count 
as a “try.” Displacing the bar shall count as a “try.” 

Pole Vault.—A line shall be drawn 15 feet in fr' 
of the bar and parallel therewith, and stepping over 
such line, to be known as the balk line, in any attempt, 
shall count as a balk. Two balks shall count as a 
“try.” Displacing the bar or leaving the ground in 
an attempt shall count as a “try.” The poles shall be 
unlimited as to size and weight, but shall have no as¬ 
sistant device, except that they may be wound or wrap¬ 
ped with any substance for the purpose of affording a 
firmer grasp, and may have one prong at the lower end. 

No competitor shall, during his vault, raise the 
hand which was uppermost when he left the ground 
to a higher point on the pole, nor shall he raise the 


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hand which was undermost when he left the ground 
to any point on the pole above the other hand. 

Any competitor shall be allowed to dig a hole not 
more than one foot in diameter at the take-off in which 
to plant his pole. 

XXIV.—Running Broad Jump. 

The competitors shall have unlimited run, but must 
take off from or behind the scratch line. The scratch 
line shall be the outer edge of a joint eight inches wide, 
which shall be set firmly in and be on the same level 
as the ground; the earth in front of this joint may, 
however, be removed to the depth of not more than 
one-half inch and the width of not more than six inches. 
When any part of the competitor’s foot is over the 
scratch line, while taking off for a jump, it shall be no 
jump, but shall, however, count as a “ try. ’ ’ Each com¬ 
petitor shall be allowed three trials, and the best four 
men shall have three more trials each. Each competi¬ 
tor shall be credited with the best of his jumps. The 
measurement shall be from the outer edge of the joist 
to the nearest break of the ground made by any part 
of his person. A line shall be drawn six feet in front 
of the scratch line, and stepping over such line in an 
attempt shall count as a balk; three balks count as a 
“try.” 

XXV.—Putting the Shot. 

The shot shall be a metal sphere weighing 12 
pounds. It shall be put from the shoulder with each 
hand, and during the attempt it shall not pass behind 
nor below the shoulder. It shall be put from a circle 
seven feet in diameter, four feet of whose circumfer- 


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ence shall be a toe boa‘rd, four inches in height. Foul 
puts, which shall not be measured, but which shall 
count as puts, are as follows: 

1. Letting go of the shot in an attempt. 

2. Touching the groirnd outside the circle with 
any portion of the body while the shot is in hand. 

3. Touching the ground forward on the front half 
of the circle with any portion of the body before the 
put is measured. 

Each competitor shall be allowed three puts, and 
the best four men shall each be allowed three more 
puts. Each competitor shall be credited with the best 
of all his puts. The measurement of the put shall be 
from the nearest edge of the first mark made by the 
shot to the point of the circumference of the circle 
nearest such mark. 

XXVI.—Throwing the Hammer. 

The hammer shall be a metal sphere, and the handle 
shall be made of wire. Such wire must be the best 
grade spring steel wire, not less than one-eighth of an 
inch in diameter; or, No. 36 piano wire, the diameter 
of which is 102-1000 of an inch. If a loop grip is used, 
it must be of rigid construction. The length of the 
complete implement shall be not more than four feet, 
and its weight not less than 12 pounds. 

The hammer shall be thrown from a circle seven 
feet in diameter. In making an attempt a competitor 
may assume any position he pleases. Foul throws, 
which shall not be measured but which shall count as 
throws, are as follows: 

1. Letting go of the hammer in an attempt. 

2. Touching the ground outside the circle with 


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any portion of the body while the hammer is in hand. 

3. Touching the ground forward of the front half 
of the’circle with any portion of the body before the 
throw is measured. 

Each competitor shall be allowed three throws, and 
the best four men shall each be allowed three more 
throws. Each competitor shall be credited with the 
best of all his throws. The measurement of the throw 
shall be from the nearest edge of the first mark made 
by the head of the hammer to the point of the circum¬ 
ference of the circle nearest such mark. 

XXVII.—Running, Hop, Step, and Jump. 

The competitor shall first lsAd upon the same foot 
with which he shall have taken off. The reverse foot 
shall be used for the second landing, and both feet 
shall be used for the third landing. 

In all other respects the rules governing the Run¬ 
ning Broad Jump shall also govern the Running Hop, 
Step, and Jump. 

XXVIII.—Relay Race. 

A line shall be drawn ten yards on each side of the 
starting line of each relay, the space between these 
lines to be known as the starting zone. Within this 
zone each runner must touch the succeeding runner. 
No member of a relay team, in order to relieve his team- 
mat, may run outside of this zone. The position of the 
teams shall be drawn for. 


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The Basketball Tournament. 

I. Rules. All games will be played according to 
the Official Basketball Rules of the current’ season. 

II. The Tournament will be conducted as an elim¬ 
ination contest, the order in which the teams are to 
play being decided by lot. The team which is unde¬ 
feated at the end of the tournament will be declared 
the Champion, and will be entitled to the Tournament 
Cup. 

III. Any High School which is a member of the 
Association may enter a team in this tournament. No 
preliminary sectional contests are required. 

IV. No more than nine men may be entered for 
positions on any one team. 

V. All entries must be made on the official blanks 
and returned to the committee before Tuesday, 
April 24. 

The Oratorical and Declamatory 
Contest. 

I. Rules (extracts from Constitution) : 

“11. The contest features shall be orations for 
boys and declamations for girls. 

“12. In the oratorical contest the orations may 
be either original or selected. 

“13. The lyceum contestant who exceeds fifteen 
minutes in delivery shall be given no award of place 
or honor. 

“14. Three or five judges shall be chosen by. the 
State Board of Control to judge the contests and each 
school interested shall be notified of their appointment 
at least three weeks before the time of the. contest. 


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‘ ‘ 15. The judges shall not be from the same city or 
any school represented in the contest. This rule, how¬ 
ever, shall, not apply to members of the faculty of the 
University of New Mexico. 

‘‘ 16. Any judge may be removed upon the written 
protest of any school represented, provided no school 
shall be allowed more than two protests.’’ 

II. The state is divided into five districts (see un¬ 
der Lyceum Districts, page 39) for the purpose of 
conducting preliminary contests. 

III. The winners of these district contests are eligi¬ 
ble to compete in the state contest. 

IV. In case it has been impossible to hold a pre¬ 
liminary contest in any section, that district may be 
represented in the state contest by one orator and one 
declaimer. In case of the receipt of entry blanks for 
more than one orator or more than one declaimer from 
such a district, the first entry received will be accepted 
and all others returned. 

V. All entries must be made on the official entry 
blank, and must be accompanied by a statement from 
the district secretary to the effect that the entrant was 
awarded first place in the district contest. 

For particulars in regard to the district contests, 
see the Constitution, and write to the President or the 
Secretary of the Association for the names of your 
section officers, etc. 


The New Mexico High School Athletic 
and Lyceum Association. 

OFFICERS. 

E. C. Ringer, Santa Fe.President 

E. V. Wiseman, Santa Rosa.Vice-President 

Ruth Clark, Raton.Secretary-Treasurer 

BOARD OF CONTROL. 

Andrew McCurdy, Carrizozo; W. D. Shadwick, Tucum- 
cari; A. R. Kent, Raton 

CONSTITUTION. 

Administration. 

Section 1.—The officers shall be a President, a Vice 
President, and a Secretary-Treasurer. The duties of 
these officers shall be the usual duties devolving upon 
such officers. 

Sec. 2. A Board of Control, composed of three 
members, who shall be high school principals or super¬ 
intendents, shall be elected by this Association on 
Wednesday preceding Thanksgiving, 1915, as follows: 
One for one year, one for two years, and one for three 
years, the chairman each year to be the one whose term 
expires at the end of that year. Thereafter, each mem¬ 
ber of the Board shall be elected for three years. This 
election is to take place at the annual meeting of the 
New Mexico Educational Association. In case of va¬ 
cancy the remaining members of the Board may ap- 





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point a person to fill the vacancy until the next annual 
meeting of the Association. 

Sec. 3. Each newly elected member of the Board 
of control shall assume the duties of his office on the 
first day of January next following. 

Sec. 4. No retiring member of the Board of Con¬ 
trol, having served three years, shall be eligible for 
service on that Board for a period of one year after 
date of retirement. 

Sec. 5. The Board of Control shall have the fol¬ 
lowing powers and duties: (a) It shall have general 

control over all athletic and declamatory contests be¬ 
tween secondary schools of this Association, (b) The 
annual Interscholastic Track Meet, Basket Ball Tourna¬ 
ment, and Oratorical and Declamatory Contest shall be 
held under the auspices of the University of New Mex¬ 
ico, but the rules that govern it shall be made by the 
Board of Control of this Association, (c) It shall give 
interpretations to the rules of the Association, (d) It 
shall determine forfeitures under Sec. 13. (e) The 

Board of Control, at the end of any athletic season may, 
at its discretion, issue a statement of its official opin¬ 
ion as to the relative standing of teams. No school 
which has violated the rules of the Association in re¬ 
gard to the qualifications of players shall be awarded 
special honors in that particular branch of athletics. 

Sec. 6. (a) When charges are made in writing by 

a member of the Association against another member 
for violation of the rules of the Association, the Board 
of Control, after giving due notice of the place and 
time for the school so charged to be heard, shall con¬ 
sider such charges, and may suspend the offending 
school for a period of not exceeding one year, (b) The 


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Board of Control shall decide on all protests brought 
before it with reference to qualifications of contestants 
in the Interscholastic meet, (c) When any matte'* 
comes before the Board for decision which is of special 
interest to a school of which a member is a representa¬ 
tive, it shall appoint another member to act in his place 
in that matter. 

Sec. 7. The Secretary-Treasurer shall have charge 
of the property and records of tfye Association; shall 
receive all money for dues and the sale of publications 
of the Association; shall issue all circulars authorized 
by the Board of Control; shall attend meetings of the 
Board when requested to do so by the Board; shall turn 
over to the Treasurer of the Board all moneys in his 
possession when called upon to do so; shall perform 
such other duties as the growth of the Association as 
determined by the Board may require; and shall re¬ 
ceive such allowance for expenses as the Board may 
approve. Vacancies in the office may be declared by 
the Board for cause, and a successor maj^ be appointed 
by the Board to act until the next annual meeting. 

Local Management. 

Sec. 8. The Principal or his authorized representa¬ 
tive shall accompany his team to all contests. 

Sec. 9. The Principal of the High School, or high 
school teachers authorized by him, shall be manager 
or managers of teams representing the school. 

Sec. 10. No games shall be played or cancelled 
without the sanction of the Principal or Superin¬ 
tendent. 

Sec. 11. The eligibility of all contestants shall be 
certified by the Principal or Superintendent of the 


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School in accordance with the rules hereby adopted. 
Such statements shall be presented in writing within 
three days before any contest. In case of disputes the 
principal must furnish the Board of Control the follow¬ 
ing data in regard to each contestant: The date of last 
enrollment; the date and place of birth; average mark 
in each study for the last preceding term in school; 
average in each study from the beginning of the Cur¬ 
rent terni or semester. A school which does not fur¬ 
nish this data shall be denied championship honors and 
may be excluded from the* annual Interscholastic Meet. 

Sec. 12. The Principal shall have power and is 
advised to exclude.any contestant who, because of bad 
habits or improper conduct, would not represent his 
school in a becoming manner. 

Sec. 13. It is recommended that Principals, in ar¬ 
ranging for games, provide a forfeit to be exacted 
should there be a failure on the part of either party 
to carry out the arrangements made. Should such for¬ 
feiture be stipulated and not paid during the same sea¬ 
son, the Board of Control, after hearing both sides, 
shall have authority to expel the delinquent school 
from the Association. Notification of such expulsion 
shall be published in the papers, with cause therefor. 

Sec. 14. Paid coaches, other than those regularly 
employed as teachers by the trustees of the school, are 
prohibited. By paid coaches is meant any person who 
receives, directly or indirectly, remuneration of any 
kind in return for services rendered in instructing or 
coaching high school teams. Necessary traveling ex¬ 
penses shall not be construed as remuneration. 

Sec. 15. Each school*in the Association shall re¬ 
port to the Secretary a list of the pupils representing 


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the school in contests during the year. Each school is 
asked to report also the kind of treatment accorded 
them, from and on the field, while at another school. 

Athletic Officials. 

Sec. 16. On and after January 1, 1916, all the 
major officials in all athletic contests participated in 
by teams connected with schools in this Association 
shall be regularly licensed teachers in the public schools 
of New Mexico or shall be persons whose names have 
been furnished and approved by the managers of the 
contesting teams. It is recommended that these offi¬ 
cials shall be disinterested, and it is required that when 
a school demands disinterested officials at the time 
of scheduling the game, such officials shall be fur¬ 
nished. The Board shall drop from its list of approved 
officials any person who is palpably unfair and biased 
in his decision in games. 

Sec. 17. Non-playing students, officials, or assist¬ 
ants conform to the same rules as the players. 

Membership. 

Sec. 18. Membership in this Association shall be 
limited to public high schools in the state, and each 
school shall have one vote. The annual dues shall be 
payable when the school becomes a member, and 
thereafter by December 1 of each year, in advance. 
Secondary schools, that is, schools doing work between 
the Eighth grade and College or University, shall be 
eligible to membership in the Association and whereve 1 
the words High School appear in this Constitution it 
shall be understood to apply equally to these secondary 
schools. 


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Sec. 19. No game shall be played with high schools 
of this state not belonging to this Association. 

This rule does not prevent a member of the Associa¬ 
tion from playing high school teams outside of the 
state, nor from playing non-high school teams within 
the state, except as follows: 

It is a violation of the Constitution for schools in 
the Association to play non-high school teams includ¬ 
ing high school boys, unless the latter are certified as 
eligible by the Principal of the school to which they 
belong. 

Sec. 20. The games recognized by this Association 
shall be: Football, Rugby Football, Soccer, Basket¬ 
ball, Track Work, Baseball, Tennis, and Girls’ Basket¬ 
ball. Further all forms of inter-school athletic games 
shall be subject to the rules of the N. M. H. S. A. & 
L. A. 

Sec. 21. The number of interscholastic football 
games played by any team in one season is limited to 
six. 

Sec. 22. In all football contests held under these 
rules, the length of each quarter shall be fifteen min¬ 
utes, unless changed by mutual consent. 

Sec. 23. The Basketball rules as published in 
Spalding’s Official Basketball Rule Book shall be the 
official rules. Rules governing the selection of officials 
in the above rules shall be void and unless otherwise 
agreed by mutual consent, each school shall furnish 
one major official, and these officials shall alternate 
their duties, each acting as umpire during one half. 


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RULES. 

Eligibility. 

Rule 1. To represent a school in any interschol¬ 
astic contest the contestant must be under twenty-one 
years of age except by mutual consent, must have en¬ 
tered some public high school within the first twenty 
school days of the semester in which the contest oc¬ 
curs, and must be an amateur as defined by the A. A. U. 
A semester is one-half of the school year. 

The term “ Amateur ” is defined and fully explained 
on pages 80 and 160 of Spalding’s “Official Y. M. C. A. 
Athletic League Handbook.” 

Rule 2. A pupil withdrawing permanently from 
school within the first twenty school days of the 
semester shall not be regarded as having had an op¬ 
portunity to engage in athletics for that semester un¬ 
less he has already played in one or more interschol¬ 
astic games, in which case he shall be regarded as hav¬ 
ing engaged in athletics for that season. 

Rule 3. Post-graduates are not eligible to enter 
athletic or declamatory contests, but pupils graduating 
from regular three-year courses shall not be deemed 
post-graduates. 

Rule 4. A student is a post-graduate of a school 
after he has completed the work required for gradua¬ 
tion by that school, irrespective of the time of granting 
the diploma. 

Rule 5. Time spent in athletic sport by pupils 
while in the grades below the high school shall not be 
counted as a part of the four years. 

Rule 6. No person shall enter a contest under an 
assumed name. 


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Rule 7. Any member of a high school athletic team 
who participates in an athletic contest as a member 
of any other similar team the same season, shall be 
eligible to compete under these rules for the remainder 
of that season. 

An exception is hereby made for basketball and * 
basketball players in those towns and cities whose 
schools have no gymnasium and whose students are 
forced by necessity to use a Y. M. C. A. or some other 
gymnasium for their practice games. It is a well- 
known fact that the use of such gymnasium by high 
school students under such circumstances will likely 
require that such students play on the teams of the 
organization maintaining such gymnasiums. No stu¬ 
dent, however, will be allowed to play on any other 
teams without the knowledge and consent of his Prin¬ 
cipal. 

Rule 8. Each contestant must have and be main- 
taining for the current semester, a passing grade in 
each of three or more studies requiring a minimum of 
fifteen regular high school recitations per week ex¬ 
clusive of rhetoricals, physical culture, military drill 
and deportment. In his last preceding semester in 
school he must also have met the same requirements 
throughout the-entire term. 

Pupils enrolling for the first time must comply with 
the requirements of the rules, the average standing 
required for the preceding semester being obtained 
from the records in the last secondary school attended. 

Back work may be made up, providing it be done 
in accordance with the regular rules of the school and 
become a matter of final record before the next 
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Interpretations: In each of the studies repre¬ 
sented as the minimum requirements of work specified 
above: (a) for the current semester the average of 
the monthly grades up to the time of certification must 
be passing; (b) for the current school month the aver¬ 
age of the daily or weekly grades must be passing; (c) 
if the average of the monthly grades at the beginning 
of any month is below passing in any study, the pupil 
is ineligible so far as that study is concerned for the 
entire month. 

Rule 9. No person who has been enrolled as a stu¬ 
dent in an institution of college standing and has done 
work which may be counted toward a degree in that 
institution, shall be eligible as a member of any athletic 
team under these rules in any game with any other 
team, either within or without the state of New Mexico. 

Rule 10. The eligibility rules of this Association 
shall apply to students taking part in all contests, 
whether with schools inside or outside of the state of 
New Mexico. 


Rules for Lyceum Work. 

Rule 11. The contest features shall be orations for 
boys and declamations for girls. 

Rule 12. In the oratorical contest the orations 
may be either original or selected. 

Rule 13. The lyceum contestant who exceeds fif¬ 
teen minutes in delivery shall be given no award of 
place or honor. 

Rule 14. Three or five judges shall be chosen by 
the State Board of Control Iso judge the contests and 
each school interested shall be notified of their appoint- 


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ment at least three weeks before the time of the 
contest. 

Rule 15. The judges shall not be from the same 
city or any school represented in the contest. This 
rule, however, shall not apply to members of the fac¬ 
ulty of the University of New Mexico. 

Rule 16. Any judge may be removed upon the 
written protest of any school represented, provided no 
school shall be allowed more than two protests. 

Rule 17. All markings shall be on the scale of one 
hundred per cent. No grade shall be below seventy 
per cent, and no judge shall mark any two contestants 
alike. 

Rule 18. At the close of the contest the President 
and Secretary shall take the grades of all the judges 
for each contestant. The grades of each judge shall 
be ranked 1, 2, 3, etc. The contestant ranked first by 
a majority of the judges shall be awarded first place. 
If no contestant is thus ranked first, the contestant the 
sum of whose ranks is least shall be awarded first 
place. In case of a tie the contestant receiving the 
highest grand average in per cent shall be awarded 
first place. The other places shall be awarded in like 
manner. 

INTERPRETATIONS. 

First. A game is any athletic contest where an 
admission fee is charged, or where any collection or 
contribution is received from spectators. 

Second. The football season is defined as beginning 
with the opening of school and closing with Novem¬ 
ber 30. 

Third. No student who violates the rules of the 


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Association will be reinstated by the Board for one 
year from date of violation. 

Fourth. A pupil who has played in one or more 
interscholastic games in any season shall be regarded 
as having engaged in athletics for that season. 

Fifth. When a member or members of any team 
are protested, the game should be played as scheduled 
and the protest filed with the Board for settlement 
later. 

Sixth. By mutual consent of both teams, pupils 
over the age of twenty-one ftiay be allowed to enter a 
contest played under these rules. 

Seventh. Pupils under the age of twenty-one at 
the time of registration in school shall be so regarded 
until the time of their next registration. 

Eighth. Any student who carries at least fifteen 
hours of regular high school work, is a high school 
student. 

LYCEUM DISTRICTS. 

For the purpose of high school lyceum contests the 
State of New Mexico shall be divided into five dis¬ 
tricts as follows: 

1. District No. 1 to include the counties of San 
Juan, Rio Arriba, Taos, McKinley, Sandoval, Santa Fe, 
Valencia, Bernalillo, and Torrance. 

2. District No. 2 to include the counties of Colfax, 
Mora, Union, and San Miguel. 

3. District No. 3 to include the counties of Quay, 
Guadalupe, Curry, and Roosevelt. 

4. District No. 4 to include the counties of Socorro, 
Sierra, Grant, Luna, Dona Ana, and Otero. 


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5. District No. 5 to include the counties of Chaves,. 
Eddy, and Lincoln. 

The officers of each district shall be a President, a 
Vice-President, and a Secretary-Treasurer. 

Each District shall make its own rules and regula¬ 
tions with reference to local matters within the district, 
but the general rules of this Constitution shall be ob¬ 
served by the districts. 

Each district shall be represented at the state con¬ 
test by one orator and one declaimer. 

The district contests shall be held not later than 
three weeks before the state contest, and the Secre¬ 
tary-Treasurer of the district shall within one week 
after the contest, make a report to the Secretary- 
Treasurer of the State Association indicating the win¬ 
ner of first and of second place in oratory and in decla¬ 
mation. 


NOTE. 

All correspondence and remittances from members 
of the Association to the Board of Control or to the 
Secretray must be endorsed by the Principal or a mem¬ 
ber of the faculty. 

AMENDMENTS. 

This Constitution may be amended by a majority 
vote of the schools represented at the annual meeting 
to be held at the time and place of the annual meeting 
of the New Mexico Educational Association. 


Local Managing Committees. 

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. 


The Track and Field Meet. 

A. O. Weese.President Athletic Council, Chairman 

D. R. Boyd..President of the University 

R. F. Hutchinson.Physical Director 

,,--—.Manager Track Team 

—.....Captain Track Team 

The Basketball Tournament. 

A. 0. Weese.President Athletic Council, Chairman 

D. R. Boyd.President of the University 

R. F. Hutchonsin.Physical Director 

Floyd Lee....Manager Basketball Team 

Ra 3 r McCanna.Captain Basketball Team 

The Oratorical and Declamatory Contest. 

D. A. Worcester. i ......... ................, 

....... Chairman Oratorical and Debate Committee 

D. R. Boyd..President of the University 

C. E. Bonnett 

R. R Hill 

Carl Brorein.Member Oratorical Squad 












































